Clive George wrote:
On 03/06/2011 00:27, ARWadsworth wrote:
If you had a 3 bed house with no ensuites and were going to build an
extension to make it a 5 bed house how many ensuites would consider
the minimum?

The smallest existing bedroom is the nearer to the existing bathroom
than the proposed extention and will have to remain ensuite free.

I claim that there should be at least 2 full ensuites and three new
toilets. Any other views before I fall out with my Dad..

I reckon it needs one bath/shower, one shower, three toilets in that
size house. Achievable with one ensuite, one bathroom, one downstairs
bog.
But that's needs, rather than wants.

My Dad is bored. It is 5 years since he retired. He wants to build another
extension.

Having more will probably make the house more saleable, provided the
size of the bedrooms doesn't suffer.

One bedroom will have to be made smaller to allow access to the new
bedrooms. There will always have to be a compromise between bedroom size and
ensuite size.


Also depends on how many people will actually be there permanently,
and if lodgers or house sharing will ever come into it.

It will be two people living there, my parents.

My Dad wants a double story extension of roughly 6m by 10m.

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Adam